So you could get one of these truck 6R80s for $500, clutches and shaft for $1000, and youre good to go? $1500 in parts (plus shifter bracket and converter rebuild) is pretty damn good.
Maybe for the track, but not the best for a street car.
From what I've seen there can be gains at the track, but on the street it would not be a good fit. Your new 2nd gear would be like your current 3rd so you would lose 2nd gear pulls unless you were starting from a stop since it wont downshift into 1st while moving.
Damn! Thank you for that info. I found several 6R80s from 3.7s on ebay CHEAP. I suppose I will have to look for an F150 Coyote 6R80 instead, hopefully just as cheap. Thank you
It really is. Especially seeing guys run way more power and track their car all the time on stock 6R80s. It has taken alot of the fun out of owning this car between paying to fix it constantly and the downtime that always seems to be in the summer of course.
I did see that when I looked it up. I can't imagine I broke a billet shaft at 7-800whp on the street though lol. Apparently this main snap ring holds all the pieces of the trans together so when it broke it may have shifted the parts (shaft) inside and caused the code. Didn't happen the first time though.
This is similar to the route I'm going.
No plans on the 4R200. I looked into it but as said above you would lose rolling 2nd gear pulls which are where all the fun is at. Lund agreed on the street it makes no sense, it's made for the track.
I looked into the TH400 also, but also really made for the track. Would not be street friendly with no OD lol.
Here is a pic of the snap ring. I assume it goes in either the front or back of the trans. They explained that if you stand the trans up and put all the parts in, this snap ring goes in last and holds everything inside.Keep us posted on this. If possible, would like to see a pic or 2 of where this snap ring is failing.
BTW....any idea what you car weighs now with all the audio equipment installed?!? She has to be a heavy bitch with all that in it now!
Here is a pic of the snap ring. I assume it goes in either the front or back of the trans. They explained that if you stand the trans up and put all the parts in, this snap ring goes in last and holds everything inside.
Car weighs about 4300lbs. Need to get it re-weighed though because I'm not sure if I was standing on the scale or not when the measurement was taken. I'm thinking more around 4200 as that would be +400 from the sound system and +100 from the supercharger. Considering the F150 weighs 4500 and can tow 7500lbs I don't think that is what's causing my problems though lol.
No, thank god. Lol. I still haven't gotten it back from the 4th breakdown. They just tore it down now and found that.
The shop did mention they thought it shifted harder than usual at part throttle. I couldn't tell as its the only 6R80 I've driven. They didn't make it seem excessive though or that it would cause more problems. I had Lund change that anyway though just in case. It drove fine before it broke every time. Lund verified shift pressures were even lower than standard and everything looked good.
